The Sun. — London, England, 1808-06-02 00:00:00

PIIILUMEN 11011 SE OF. PEERS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1. The Reese was . occupied for a considerable time in hearing Counsel on the Roxburgh Appeal. The Royal Assent was notified by CoMmissien to the Assessed Taxes Bill, and the Duchess of Bruns wick's Annuity Bill. The Commissioners were his Royal . Highness the Puke of Cuinberland, the Lord Chancellor, and Lord Walsingharn. The Irish Glebe-House Bill, and the Irish Mi litia Volunteering Bill, were read a third time and passed. Lord. Da Dt?NSTANvJt LE and Lord LAUDERDALE made a few observations on the second reading of the Interment-Bill, chewing the necessity. of some mea-. sure to that effeet ; as it was, great numbers of dead belies were thrown and exposed on the coast of Cornwall. The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be 'coma - ill te'd. ''he LoRD CiIANCELLOR gave notice, that he ah , )uid move for the attendance of the Judges, for to.rnorrow sennight, eau the Banbury Peerage. Several Private Bills were brought up trom the Commons, and read a first tirne.—Adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1. n consequence of a Message by the Usher of the Mack Rod, the Speaker attended the Flouse of Lords. On his return he informed the House that.. the Royal Assent had been given to a number of Public and Private Bills (fur which, see our Report of t he proceedings of the House of Lords). - A Message from the Lords apprised the House, that , their Lordships had agreed to the Military Commissioners' Bill, to the ,Irish Glebe House Bill, &c. • 1 . Mr. CRLEVEY gave notice, that on Wednesday he s:tould move to refer to a Committee, the Papers that had been laid on the table respeeting the Droits of the Admiralty. On the Motion of Mr. Lowe, / the Report of the C3nunitmee appointed . ' in 1790, to consider of the repairs to be made in Westminster Hall and both 'louses of Parliament, was referred to-feSeled Com- • foittee. • Mr. CIiAPLISt obtained leave to bring in'a Bill to repeal so much of the , Actor :JameS I. as related to the Shooting of Hares in England. • .Tile SECRETARY at Wmi gave notice, that o n Friday he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to Cis rsg~l the PariSh Officers of S'tib:;diviSions to ac coont for the Militia Floes rernainiog in their hands; • and the Smail Pox itifeCtion Prevention Bill. d • - The Culotte Ports Salvage Bill was read ti second tan-, and ordered to be-collimated the former to morrow, suet the latter on Friday. The Scotch Clergy Bill was committed. • The Report ordered to be received on this day se'n oiet. Lunatics'use Bill was read a third time, and passed. it J, Newtoer moved that there be laid before the Hulse a Cupy of the 'Memorial presented by Zdiesses. T Simpson and Co., of Livereool, to the Commissioners or Customs, relating to a shipment wooden clotlsa belonging to Messrs. Mahony,, of Cork, aii4 any Answer returned thereto. In malting , this motion, he contended the transaction alluded to was a direzt infrtation of the tith Article of the Union, by a charge made at the Custom-house of erpoo), upon Milt manufaCtures re-shipped for ibe itra ifs. .Mr. YOsTia did not ebjea to the prodnEtion.of the Paper, and said it was possible this Otlicer allude. ed to might have been mistaken as to the battle of , his instructions. Sir 3. Ncwpottr observed, that if that were the case, jt was surprising rr, answer had been returned to the Metnot The CHANCELLOR of the EXCREQUBR deprecated an , idea likely to go forth from the Hon. Baronet's statement, of any disposition to infringe the Arti• cit.; of 'lnc Paper moved for was ordered in be, produced. WHITUREAD asked when it, was intended to discuss the Assessed Taxes Commissioners' Bill. CHANCELLOR of tire.E.Y.(4bIEQUER wished for an early opportunity of disceissiug the Bill, for the purpose of obviating the most unfounded misrepre -101,1.160ns which had been made upon the subjeCt. • WHITOREAD thought the h ilt 1444 oujee• tionable as it stood, and hoped the itight Hon. ~(!ntleinan would correct the obnoxious clauses. The consicieratihn of the Bill was tiled for Friday. Mr. BANxits gave notice: of a motion For the.larter • end of next Wee(:, relative to the exemption of wipers possessing property in the Funds frOns . the Tax. Time Haute having resolved itself into a Corn mittee, to consider of the trade between thiii Coon try 'aiid Ai leiiC.3 Mr. Ruse moved a ResOltition,: that for a time to be limited' (a year sod until the expiratioo of the succeeding . Session of 'Parliament), any gorLis or io+ ichattdmze from the United States liheuld be per. totted to be hoperked in British ships, or belonging to the UnitedStates„or in ships taken by . the United States aodthaly condemned, on thj pay -0144 of duties. similar to those liliposed'onguods imported trans ether foreign Countries. The übjeet of isis inotioo was to place :16)611o, in this-respea,• . in the toast favoured poinCorvieW. •'w • After a few words from Mr: Ede*, Mr. Pausal,- by, and the Chancellor of the •Exehegoer, thtt Fie riolosion was 4 : ;revd to, as was also a sithiler with respect to tobacco and snuff, the produce god itratio Wore of America. The House having been resumed, the Report was ordered to be received tomorrow. On the Motion of Mr; , wee ordered that the House Should tomorrow resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of the a - de lq the 'Brazils. The Irish Batik charter. fill was read a second time, anderdered **committed to,inorrow, atter a . tae xiaratian from , I'AUNALT:That he would to morrow submit to time Hon . bis, a few observations on the terms on which the Charter bad been granted. . BUDGET, The House having resolved ltsolt into a Com mittee of .Ways and Ivleaps, The CliANcaLLou of the ExcuEcarsa ohoryed, that beforo he entered into an explanation of the terms oil which the Loan for the yetir had been obtained, he should state the itetnS of the Supplies, and of the Ways and Means. "'hey were as follow : .. SUPPLIES. _ . Navy . - - ,C 71,469,50 Army - - - - - 19+439 ,1 4 Ordnance . . - - 4434.57 1 Miscellaneous - - - - 1,7ia,.v0 East India Company - . . 1,5.:-0,000 Swedish Subsidy - . . 1,10,..,000 Vote of Credit - - . . 2,00,000 —.... Total joint Charge -' 4 3 4 1 0 0 7 SEPARATE CHARGES, GREAT BRITAIN. Deficiency of Malt, ISA - 2 7:;t 8 4i Interest on Exchequer hills, 184 -1, i 0, , ..-o Exthequer Bills, part of Vote of Credit, 1807, not landed . 4,...,4,201 $ per Cents. 1797 to he paitroff . 153,696 5,853,74 r. Total Supplies • • - 5 1 , 1 7364 8 Dedua Irish proportion of Supply and Civil List 5,863,51 s • Total to be darayed by Great Britain 48,3- 50'33 WAYS AND MEANS. Duty on Malt, Pensions, &c. • - • Bat* Advances - Unappropriated Surplus Consolidated Fund, at WI April - - - - - Estimand Surplus of do. to stli April, 1809' - Surplus . 'Lays and Nl,at,s, ISQ7 - War Taxes - - - - Lottery - - - - - - Exchequer allis to tie issued to replace Bills not funded • - - - - -, 4,500,000 Ditto for the East India Company - - 1 ,5J9,000. Exchequer Bills, part of 13, 5 00,0001. chargyd 'on • aids, 1809, v.) replace the like amount otr aids, 1808, which has beta funut:d • :- • . - ' t,t6r, too Loan . -. • • - - . $,006.,b,•.,0 43.c00,000 3,5,D,000 726,870 3,500,p00 2,253,111. 24030v,0aci 3c,o t two 4 c t.44 1 ,05i Supplies - • 48;305,4333 'Surplus Ways anti Wan: - 336,00 A loan of eight millions fo r England, and two millions five hundred thouStn,t pocads for Ireland, had been centra6ted for, ,for eVery . 4undred pounds of which the Subscribers had agreed intake 1 181. 3s. 6d. in the Four per Ceots. thus creating a capital of 12,408,3751.: the interest on the English part of which amounted .to 475,5361. being at the rate of 41. 14s. 61d. per cent. By the funding of four lions of Exchequer Bills, the total of 'the capital created - WM 18,643,2631. the total annual charge on which was ft 8,7831. To cover this there was as folloivs : Short Annuities fdlan in • - 3C375.000 Saving in the Management of the Public Debt . 'lncrease in the Assessed TAUS 1 2 0,030 Stamp Duties 7Q,0u0 ,C 730 By the postponement of the Loan,..and hy_thefia;l4., ing Exchequer Bills, he contended that there had been a saving made to the public of four millions.— He concluded by moving a Resolution, that towards raising the Supply' a Sum of 10,530,0001. be raised, by annuities, Zito. Mr. TIERNEY argued in .detail, and at some length, to spew that it would hai , e been more advantageous to the public to have the Loan tria'.;:: in .the . 3 than in the 4 per cents. . . Mr. Hu stt I.4sort, on the contrary, proved, that the advantages arising from having made the Loan in the 4 per Cents. were . twofold; first, that less notni oal capital had been created, and, secondly, that a great saving would 'accrue to the pubhc, whette%'et circumstances would admit of the redaction of the interest upon the Stack created to 31 or to 3"per cent. Another circutnitance %vas, that .in conse quence of this arrangement, the amount• of the Stock added this year .to, the publie would not amount to the quantity redeemed by the Sinking Fund. After some further conversation between S;r Solar Newport, Mr. liuskisson; and Mr. Tierney; and a short explanatory reply from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Resolution was agreed to. The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund for the pre.-ent year was then voted at 3,500,0001. The War Taxes were then Noted atr20,000,0001. On the Resolotion respelling, the Consolidat , A Duties on Stamps, Mr , kluAisson intimated an tention to propose some alteration in the relativel duties on country: bank notesireis:atable, which e 'could not collect ; and a Osoltory and scsreoty, audible discussion took prace . between Sir Wm. Gil lard, Mr. Davies Giddy, Mr. Horner, Sir John New .port, Mr.Huskisson, and two Members, whose nanitl we could not eolith, after which the Resolution was • agreed to, and the House having resumed, the Report was ordered to be received to-morrbw, and the Com:- mittee to sit again on Friday. . M r.WpAtiTON'broUgh t up the Report of the Crown Land Revenues Bill, and Of the Orders in Council Amendment Bill, Which Were severally' agreed‘tO, and ordered to be rend a third time to• morrow. . - THE CARNATIC "QUESTION, Ott the motion of Sir T. To itTort, the Order for• resuming the Adjourned Dhate• on the Carnatie Question was read. •No pLlson ti;ing, to speak, the question was put on the first itesolution,, and the gall;,:ry was cleared for a clivis'iJui .but Mr. SitHrti.- DAN having soggeSted to Sir • Titoctiks-Tofter„,4 withdraw his ltesolutions of ratland distinCt charges; in Order to bring the whole matter more satistae— torily to isSne on the general question, whether . Lord 'WELLESLEY'S COnCill6t . in the trausa6tions with respell to the Carnatic, was or was not, consistent with justice, or with .the chamfer and honour of the British nation a debate arose on 016 proposttion, on which strangers were' again admitted. When the gallery was re-opened, Mr. WELLESI.BY POLE. was , speaking,—He had no objeetion to come to issue this or any other night upon any charge the Right Hooourable Ventlentaa opposite, or any other person, May have to prefer agaiust Lord Wellesley. He would not sit silent when 'it was insinuated that his Noble Relatite or his •. friends wished to stifle inquiry. It was no evidence of a clispoiition to blinkthe questimr, that Lord W e llesky's friends were desirous to come to the.vote without provoking fresh debate. The debate' on the former night had closed with a speech from an. Hon. Member (Colonel Allen), who had been an eye.witness of Nibs transaaions in the Carnatia, and who was in no way conflated with Lord Wellesley, declaring the whole of the matter contained in the charges to be gross and unfounded calumnies. In the full, o ofidenca not Only Of the ienocence; but of the highly meritorious conduct of Lord-Wellesley, he was ready to meet any thing that the Right Hon. Cntutleman oppostte (Mr. Sheridan) had to urge, however awful it may be to contend with the great talents and eloquence of that Right Honourable G,:ntetnalt, matured and methodised on this Ties tion by a six year! preparation. He knew the mag nitude of the j)owers he should have to contend with, but ip the cause of truth he should not be deficient iri boldeess. He knew he expressed himself Warm subjed ; but duringithe last six years, and more particularly 'during the last three years, he had exhibited, as every one must allow, no small stock of patience. He did not pretend to be so callons a; not to feel indignation when the Hon. Baronet who brought those charges said, diet Lord Wellegley'sCondua in India had been such as to convince' him that no man could retain ho nour or honesty- in that country. The Hon. Ba ronet, in thus expressing himself, only uses his parlia mentary privileged - freedom of speech, but he bad gone to the full extent of that privilege in using. langu 113 Which he dared not use elsewhere. He . contended that the judgment of the Muse, how ever prouounced,'after the discussion and investiga tion that had,taken place, would be decisive of the case. If the decision khould be unfavourable to Lord ,Wellesley,'ho would bow to it as *a fair con demnation ; if it. should be favourable, he would on . it as a full and fair acquittal. hie was con vinced that Lord Wellesley had been aduated by • no principles but a regard to the.honour and interest of his. Cf)uotry and his employers; and iu this eon viaien he holdlY met those uccusatiuns, which, if he .thotiglit at all founded in Litt, he should shrink from, and hide'his face- at a distance from this and from the society in .which be bad the honour tei • Mr. SitERIDAN gave credit to the. tratorost VOW nience by...which the Hon.. Gentleniiin was ceded away : but the Hon. Gentleman should not in Ida warmth have attributed to hiM sentiments that lie ..had never uttered. It was impossible he should be actuated by , ony dislike to the Marquis Wellesley, his brother, Oilits other friends and supporters., He • had to discharge a painful duty in expressing the sentiments he entertained of the Noble Marquisl =dud in the transactions in question. He did not accuse Lord Wellesley or his friends of a desire to blink the question. On the contrary, he gave them credit for wishing to meet the charges in the fairest manner, and his objection to the Resolutions of the Hon. 'Baronet was, that they gave rise to protrad ed debate, without bringing to issue the main point, whether Lord Wellesley was.. guilty or. not. He was sure the Noble Marquis possessed a mind too . lofty to be satisfied with such an acquittal as would be contained in passing the :previous question on a Resplution of fact. On this ground he pressed a general' question on the Noble Marquis7s condui% in the transactions in the Carnatic• He wow acre that the Hon. Gentleman, , when he should cool train the fraternal velietnence,, which he ter his own part was disposed to overlook, if not , applaud, he would feel that the previous question could never convey a complete acquittal. ~ He therefore recom mended, that the Hon. Baronet should withdraw his llesolutions, in order ,that a general question of gout or innocence may be substituted. Mr.. WELLESLEY POLE stated, that & when the • Hon. Baronet had opened his Resolutions, an Hon. lqiend'of his (Mr. Wallace) ' . gave notice that he would move: the.provious question on the nesola. tICMS apart, and a direct negative en the critninating Resolutions for which he proposed to suustitute tt Resolution of approbation. Sir JOHN ANSTRUTH Eli thought it a most estest.,.. er,iinary o.ece.ceing, Mat a (1,9 the course POI rawo' should 'have been laid down in the presence of the Right H,on. Gentleman a fortnight since, tee k bad heard it, aed was ready to speak on it ; , . - :bout ex ception,' be all at once came forward 013 night 10 reverse all that 'had been done, and substitute ge ne,:iii question.. Nothing but the previous question would be a proper proceeding on some of the Reso lutioits. The others were to be met &reedy in the' most decided manner, Mr. WALLACE felt himself warranted by the practice of Parliament in. proposing , the previous qut'istion on the Resolutions of faCt. To the crimi natory Resolutions be proposed a &red negative, to be followed up with a Resolution of approbation. 'Peers could be no qneiiiimi that a decision on these Resolutions would fully convey ,the sense of the House. Honourable Baronet who opened the chart es, and every other person who spoke on the quetien, treated of it in tts full extent. Sir r riiOMAS TURTON considered that his Resolu tion ought to be agreed to without a question. On the fourth Resolution, which was criminating, he thought the House ought to gointo a Committee. Finding that the Resolutions were to ne met in this moiler, he should divide the House on every one of them. And un uw tourth, ci ininating Lord Wel lesley; not perswitilly but iu his acts, he should again state to the House his reasons for confirming the RescilirtiOn‘ question being' called for, the House divided on the first Resolution For the Resolution +or the previpus Question . lord CASTLEnACIII addressed the Majority in the Lobt4,dnri•atiog, them to continue iu attendance, as Sir T. Turton intended dividing the House in all the Resolntions. On the second ilesolu ion the- num bers were For the previous Question Apinat it When the Gallery was re-opened after the second division, which was not till a long discussion had been gone into on the third Resohltion, Mr. GEORGE JOB NST6Ki was speaking. He maituained that the charges an&prooti of treason against the Nabobs Wallajah and Omdut, XJI Onirah were perfedly pe tite ; that the Nabobs had always performed their coVenantoi, and that,Lord Wellesley's condua was, a breaCh of the Treaties. Mr. W. KEENE defended the policy of the as sumption of the Carnatic. The necessity of that reeashre had been long felt, not only by Marquis . Welleiley but by Marquis Cornwallis, Lord Teign mouth* and the most. enlightened men who had lately administered onr. affairs in India. Mr. C. GRANT wished to deliver his opinion oit the third jtesolotion btit he should prefer going into it on a future day if the Debate was to be ad journed. A general cry of Go on, Go on, here arose, and Mr. GRANT proceeded to argue against the idea . of the Nabobs of the Climatic not being independ , ent Sovereigns ; and in proof that the Company, on m any occasions, had recognized their independence, be read a variety of documents, tending also to shew that the correspondence, said to have been =lied on between the Nabob and Tippoo, by no rneaus satisraetarilr proved a tritorous or hostl'e ,intern- • lion. 1 • Mr. S. B. LUSHINGTON oppole3 the authority of the document, to disprove those adduced by the. ast speaker. The H 't t fhen became clamorous for the ques tion ;wh diVisiOn took place on the third Re solution': ~s _ yes 17—Noes 128. Strangers were - not re-achnitted into the Gallery, before a fourth di— vision took place, which was on the fourth Re s° ' lUtioll, - direllly r criminating the condu& .of Marquis Wellesley: rl'lhe numbers on this division were : Ayes ''' . - - . IS Noes _ -•- - - I[l4 Majority , in favour of Marquis Wellesley .......Ic9 .. Sir Ttrobtxs TURTON, on his return into the House -after this diviiion, observed, that the num- berg on his side were so few that he shottld not now proceed. , to move his other two Resolutions i but would consent, to postpone them if the Right; , Hon. pentlentan (Mr. Wallace) would consent to postpone his 316'olution of approbatiOn. , Mr. Wnt.t.nes said, that after the coropleat de- • feat which the cause of the Hon. Baronet . bad just sustained, he might well forbear moving any Reso lution of approbation, for what approbation could ' be stronger than that testified by the majorities with . which the Hon. Baronet's Resolutions had been re jeeled. He saw no reasoh, however, for entering into any further discussion on a future - day ; but would now read thesßesolution with which he in tended to close the business. ~K,was as follows.: -- Resolved, Tbst it is the opinion of this House, that th,o Marquis Wellesley and Lord Clive in theit!. =du& 'relative to the Gam ~weree tic, ere _ere solely by as anxious zeal and solicitude to proirioto the permanent security, welfere,!und,prosperiry of the British possessions in India. , -. Sir T. TURTOS determined not to prodeed all farther, but moved that the, other ,Orders..of the Day be now read, intimating that this day fortnight , ' he should move his other two Resolutions. _ _ . . Mr. PERCEVAL and Sir J. ANSTRUTHER were per - indifferent when the Hon. Baronet would move them. What had passed in'the debate this night, and in the former debate, had complete ly sbewn how Unanswerable wee the arguntents which had been urged on their side ; and they, were confident. that when the public saw the state of the divisions, after Many boasts'and so many procrastiA. nations, they could not fall to form just opinion of the natumnf the whole proceeding. , The other Orders of the Day were then disposed al! ' of, and the House adjourned at Three o'clock morning. d, MAILS. A1411.031)..1 4 d0tt Ifnburgh. D vs--r Gottenburgh, tDU :ON 3 Waterford. J'RJCE OF STOCKS' emu DAY As TWICLVS O'CLOCK. A 6s# COMS THE SUN. SOLINI Quts bICRII ALSUIIt 1111161ter L 0 ND 0 N,. TnviesDA.T, :Ina le, AO. 3.0.• ants Mai nit% vc, gence from' Gibraltar; which confirms be statement which we some days ago laid. before our Readers, respecting the Troops under General SPitticrit have ing sailed from Gibraltar for Cadiz. They sailed ia4 the 14th alt. but no authentic information has Yet • been received of their having entered Cadiz. Thera arAt can be little doubt .bat that this force %vas in. ,conseqaence _of an understanding with the Spaniards in Cadiz ; we may therefore soots et - • peet some very important accounts. The Ab - At dication: of: „the ElltiG of SPAIN: tOOk Pig e Bayonne, cn the 1 ith May, of "course•il gas " t known at Gibraltar, nor in that part Of Spain, whe n the last accounts came away. But if the Sytitlia rdi were diseosed u to resist the French, even wi te3 BUONAPARTE affe&Cd to treat their Monarch wi th respest, their indignation must be infinitely iticre al : ed when they find that their King is dethroned, 00 that they are to be placed under the s , ,vay or a ro' reign Usurper. ; not It was this morning reported, but we oave been able to ascertain upon what authority, that Ga. vernment entertain such strong expeaations Ot ( )b ; taining the French and Spanish Ships in C adiz ; they have already adopted measures tor procu rirti seamen to navigate them home. • • • • A Gottehlurgh Mail arrived this morning. 11.41 following arc its principal contents : GoTTENBUItaIi, MAY 94.—1 t is a li t tle rern 3 ' .k3. ble that although we have been a long titne iti session of the Convention for the giving in; of S wev , borg to the Russians, no eflicial accounts have Y4' reached us _Grits adual surrender, which gives ristit:.) various . cu*dures here. The.Bugllsh Expedition yet remains' here, Coloilel IVinatia,r, who , has been'to Stockholm making ' al.- rangenients,,wiAh regard to i i ts destination, returne4. Yesk'atiyornoining, and_ immediat ely embarked in /1 Gun Brig for England, it is said for fresh orders, io the mean time the Ships are vidualling . . Sarottitot.at, MM 18. His Royal Abjesly h`' ; received the tollowing Report from Lieutenant KO' SELMAN of the 13th inst. . the liihab~t~n otfrepoolratnodf,thaen; Kokar Capin:llnd Kurnling, joined me, about in ruirnbei: Concluded with the enerni an.ortio ttce for eight days, on condition that no "'OP: within that time should be withdrawn fr°ll tbat the inhabitants should be "'F . tht t• P s a rei'sel 6 0 11_